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March 5, 2002 
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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights

1. TOP STORIES 
   - Lead Story: Mainframe skills, pay at a premium
   - IBM, Microsoft clash over .NET and Java 
   - Sun to go after Red Hat's jugular in Linux-Intel market
   - Mills unplugged: 'Technology is a means to an end' 
   - Midrange security software vendors attract venture capital 


2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS
   - Featured Topic: CICS & WebSphere
   - Take Our Poll: Do you use Web-enabling CICS applications?
   - Discussion Forums: Migrating from IMS/DC to CICS?
   - Search390 Tips Contest: Win a Garmin eMap GPS!
   - The Missing Link: Hacker claims Web worm meant to combat sexism

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LEAD STORY

MAINFRAME SKILLS, PAY AT A PREMIUM | News: Computerworld

Got Cobol? Lucky you. Mainframe shipments are on the rise and as a
result data center workers with Cobol, CICS and other big-iron skills
are in big demand. Some companies are even offering 10% to 15%
bonuses to new hires with mainframe skills. 

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IBM, MICROSOFT CLASH OVER .NET AND JAVA | News: ZDNet
Web services evangelists duke it out once again over which technology
is better at building applications -- Java or .NET. 

SUN TO GO AFTER RED HAT'S JUGULAR IN LINUX-INTEL MARKET | News: CRN
Sun is making Red Hat a little hot under the collar. The company,
which maintains it will continue to develop its own Solaris Unix
operating system as it preps its own Linux OS, will ship a series of
general-purpose, x86 servers running Sun's Linux during the early
part of the second half of 2002, executives said on Monday. 

MILLS UNPLUGGED: 'TECHNOLOGY IS A MEANS TO AN END' | News: ZDNet
IBM Senior Vice President Steve Mills says that a company's bottom
line ranks above all else and that integration and collaboration
technologies--especially those from IBM--are a means to that end. 

MIDRANGE SECURITY SOFTWARE VENDORS ATTRACT VENTURE CAPITAL | News:
The Four Hundred
Two prominent security-software providers in the iSeries marketplace
recently completed rounds of funding totaling $15 million, a positive
indication that some believe companies will be increasing IT security
expenditures. 

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IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: 
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SEARCH390 FEATURED TOPIC | CICS & WebSphere

You know that the WebSphere software platform is designed to get you
on the Web. But did you know that CICS can also help you Web-enable
legacy apps? Which one is best for your needs? Let the resources in
this Featured Topic help you decide.   

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http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci757728,00.html
 
 >> CLICK for other Featured Topics:
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TAKE OUR POLL | search390 

Are you currently using Web-enabling CICS applications such as Web
Support and CICS TS?

 >> CLICK to post your response: http://search390.techtarget.com/poll

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SEARCH390 DISCUSSION FORUMS | Developer

Search390 member "IMS2CICS" recently posted the following in the
Developer forum and needs your help: "Can you provide some tips for
migrating an online application from IMS/DC to CICS?"

Think you know the answer? If so, please share your
thoughts and suggestions. Or, check out what responses this post has
already received. Click to join this discussion:
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SEARCH390 TIPS CONTEST | Win a Garmin eMap GPS! 

Here's your chance to win a Garmin eMap GPS. With the eMap, no matter
if you are in your car or hiking in the mountains, you are never
alone. To become eligible to win the free gift, simply share the
little tips and tricks that help you do your job faster. If you
submit the tip that receives the highest user rating, you win.

Click here for more info:
http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid10_prz796122_cts796119,00.html

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THE MISSING LINK | Hacker claims Web worm meant to combat sexism

Is this what the Spice Girls meant by "girl power"? A 17-year-old
Dutch girl, who claims to have bred the "Sharpei" worm to nip
Microsoft's .NET Web services platform, said she did it to show that
women can write viruses too. She told security firm Sophos that she
didn't want the worm to do any damage, but she did want it to spread
a message -- that cyberspace isn't just a man's world. I am woman,
hear me hack? 

Source: Reuters
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020305/tc_nm/tech_feminist_dc_4

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